Commentary on the presentation by Veronique Le Guédès and Christelle Durif

ABSTRACT

The work presented here is the fruit of the creativity of two professionals, who work with children, a Psychomotrician¹ and a Psychologist, who have combined, each using their specific experience in the field of work with children and families. One of them has an additional training in psychoanalytic observation, and the other has an awareness of psychoanalytic observation and group work. Together they developed and implemented the presentation of a five-session group work model to which young children and parents, who have been referred to the service, have been invited. The young children are struggling to make their first steps in social relationships outside the family.

KEYWORDS:

• Observation course
• psychoanalytic infant observation
• Tavistock child psychotherapy
• child development
• Young Child observation
• psychoanalytic research

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Correction Statement

This article was originally published with errors, which have now been corrected in the online version. Please see Correction (https://doi.org/10.1080/13698036.2023.2211508)

Notes

1 This profession does not have an exact UK equivalent. The ‘psychomotrician’ is interested in movement, co-ordination and such difficulties as dyspraxia, but is also a psychological professional who often works in a child mental health multidisciplinary team.

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Notes on contributors

Odile Gavériaux

Odile Gavériaux is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, trained at the Tavistock Clinic. She has worked for 25 years in different public sector institutions in Brittany, France, and is now in private practic. She is one of the founding members of the Centre d'Etudes Martha Harris, Lorient-Larmor Plage, whcih was founded in 1990. She is responsible for the Tavistock Model Observation Course and also coordinates the Tavistock Model Clinical Training in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy. She is one of the lead organisers of the Annual Study Days of the Centre which usually take place in March.

Véronique Le Guédès

Véronique Le Guédès is a Psychomotrician who works in the CMPP and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Lorient and Auray, in Brittany, France. Veronique has extensive experience of working with very young children and their parents. She has established many therapeutic groups for children and their parents together. She is a graduate of the Centre d'Etudes Martha Harris, Larmor Plage, Observation Course.

Christelle Duriff Dreano

Christelle Duriff Dreano is a Clinical Psychologist who works at the CMPP in Lorient and at a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service and an Early Medico-Social Action Centre.